#4EA8CC#4EA8CC

#4EA8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.100 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8CC
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -16.07, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 30.89, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0681 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.1 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0393, 33.9818, 62.1965)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8CC #CC724E

analogous

#4ECCB1 #4EA8CC #4E69CC

triadic

#4EA8CC #CC4EA8 #A8CC4E

tetradic

#4EA8CC #B14ECC #CC724E #69CC4E

square

#4EA8CC #B14ECC #CC724E #69CC4E

split-complementary

#4EA8CC #CC4E69 #CCB14E

monochromatic

#24637C #3189AB #4EA8CC #7EBFDA #ADD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4EA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4EA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8CC

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8CC	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.100 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2db',
    500: '#4ea8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8cc;
$custom-light: #8bc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69118,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8CC

secondary

#D5B0A1

accent

#7449DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8CC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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